Napa County Judge Francisca Tisher wins plaudits for her ability to make litigants comfortable.

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

OC Judge Gregory Prickett's affinity for public service shows in his trips around the world.

The sole judge in the Central District's eastern division, Jesus Bernal is used to trailblazing.

The State Bar's financial reporting has been plagued with mistakes in recent years, making it difficult for the Legislature to...

Joseph Biderman is skilled at solving emotional, complex cases

Associate Justice James A. McIntyre, who sat on the 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego for 20 years, will retire next m...

The four candidates in San Diego's two contested judicial races have been deemed "qualified" to serve as judges by the San Die...

The partners engage in litigation when necessary but their true passion is to avoid it, by helping their tech company clients ...

Ballard Spahr LLP announced Thursday the addition of two Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partners to its litigation department and ...

A defendant in a trade secrets theft suit did not violate a preliminary injunction barring contact with plaintiff's clients wh...

Judge says sheriff's officials have shown problems with their record retrievable methods, "but that's not corruption." ...

A partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP relentlessly pursued the creator of Google's multi-billion dollar mobile p...

A revised settlement in a drivers' class action against Lyft Inc.addresses U.S. District Judge Vince G. Chhabria's reasons for...

A weekly report of the State Bar's disciplinary actions.

The mental tricks attorney Brian Needelman applied while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in late March are the same ones he may use...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 99 Cents Only Stores LLC (Commerce) ...

The 4th District Court of Appeal grants right to access and transport groundwater from the Mojave Desert to other parts of Sou...

Court kicked Los Angeles District Judge Manuel L. Real from a class action attorneys' fees case on Wednesday — the second time...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced David P. Ruschke, a former chief patent counsel of Ireland medical device compa...

There is a mostly continual state revenue spike from the landmark 2004 Private Attorney General Act, but lawyers are divided o...

A Los Angeles County jury found the Pomona Unified School District 80 percent to blame for a teacher who lured a student into ...

A member of one of California's most well-known newspaper families cannot retroactively name San Francisco law firm Coblentz P...

The only judicial candidate running for the Orange County Superior Court who isn't qualified is the only one who currently sit...

A preliminary injunction in a trade secrets suit has sparked requests for sanctions and circuit court clarification on whether...

The panel found that the use of the word "whistle-blow" did not sufficiently prove defamation. ...

Three special masters rejected Monday most findings a Commission on Judicial Performance examiner made against Los Angeles Cou...

The two top dogs for Alphabet's Google Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. — which was bought in 2010 by Oracle America Inc. — have...

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP added three litigation and corporate partners from Squire Patton Boggs to its California o...